alabama

Alabama Cattlemen’s Association Holds Annual Convention

Dan Agri-Business, Alabama, Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA), Cattle

The Alabama Cattlemen’s Association (ACA) held their annual convention and trade show last week in Birmingham. ACA Executive Vice President Erin Beasley says it was a very successful, well attended event. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Ag Outlook Forum Coming This Week

Dan Agri-Business, USDA

The annual Ag Outlook Forum will be held this week. Mark Oppold has a preview of this year’s event. Sponsored ContentWhat Sets Provysol® Fungicide ApartJuly 8, 2025CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024

Ranking Members

Ranking Members of Agriculture Committees Demand Answers on Food Aid Disruptions

Dan Agri-Business, Legislative

The Ranking Members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees are seeking answers from the Trump administration regarding disruptions to international food aid programs. Senator Amy Klobuchar and Representative Angie Craig, both Democrats from Minnesota, have called for an explanation following a stop-work order that halted the delivery and distribution of hundreds of millions of metric tons of American-grown food …

American Agriculture History

American Agriculture History Minute: Railroads Helped Change Colorado Agriculture

Dan Agri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. After a long dry trek across what is now Nebraska and Kansas, early settlers saw little or no value when crossing over to what is now Colorado. The soil was even sandier than that in western Kansas, western Nebraska. Rivers were unnavigable. That all changed in the late 1800s when word …

Florida Farm Bill

Commissioner Wilton Simpson Highlights 2025 Florida Farm Bill

Dan Agri-Business, Farm Bill, Florida, Legislative

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson recently highlighted the Florida Farm Bill, specifically the proposal to protect Florida’s ag producers from environmental, social, and governance lending discrimination. Southeast AgNet’s Dale Sandlin has more information. This protection would be provided when lenders determine whether to provide capital to farms. Commissioner Wilton Simpson said, “ESG lending discrimination is an existential threat to American agriculture. …

tuberville

Tuberville Reintroduces Legislation to Ban Foreign Adversaries from Buying American Farmland

Dan Agri-Business, Legislative

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville and Indiana Senator Jim Banks has reintroduced the Protecting America’s Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act. Southeast AgNet’s Dale Sandlin has the story. The act would prohibit the sale of agricultural land in the US from being sold to an entity or individual connected to the governments of China, North Korea, Russia or Iran. Senator Tuberville …

American Agriculture History

American Agriculture History Minute: Future Bright for Colorado After Discovery of Gold, Silver, and the Railroad

Dan Agri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Early settlers found a lot to like once they crossed the Appalachians and settled in states like Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. But there was not much to like about Colorado. According to historians, when first settlers arrived there, in fact, many decided the difficult trail through the Rockies onto Oregon …

Foreign ownership

Farmers Still Caught in Trump’s Funding Freeze

Dan Agri-Business, Conservation, Environment, Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Funding, USDA-NRCS

The Trump administration is withholding funds from farmers participating in conservation programs, despite the White House’s assurance last week that funding to individuals would not be frozen. Contractors supporting these programs have also been affected. The Iowa Soybean Association, in a letter to lawmakers, warned that $11 million owed to farmers is at risk. Many farmers are only now learning …

American Agriculture History

American Agriculture History Minute: First Motor Truck for Agriculture Hauling Introduced

Dan Agri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, Exports/Imports, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Machinery, livestock, and crops have always been needed to be moved around the farm or to market. Two-wheel carts suffice for early settlers. Soon four-wheeled wagons became the norm and were universally used for two centuries. Now it’s impossible, historians say, to pin down the first motor truck. But the first …

Future Farmers of America

Give FFA Day is February 20

Dan Agri-Business, Education

Thursday, February 20th will be the 10th annual Give FFA Day during National FFA Week. It is a day dedicated to making a difference in the lives of over a million FFA members across the country and growing the next generation of leaders.  The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization with the mission of helping students develop their leadership skills …